Tue 29.10.

‘Laguna’ by Cristina Celestino is a series of borosilicate glass objects made of colorful and overlapping transparent layers which enclose within themselves an empty space, a cavity containing colored liquid.

‘Laguna’ glass objects by Cristina Celestino, photo: Mattia Balsamini

“Their interior can therefore accommodate a liquid content that, liaising with both the glass wall and the fluid interspace, composes delicate traces of light and colour.” says Celestino.

‘Laguna’ glass objects by Cristina Celestino, photo: Mattia Balsamini

“Moreover, the two-dimensional image of the product highlights the similarities with the work of Rothko: three horizontal chromatic stripes blur into each other, renouncing any idea of static shape and border. The colors are those pure and intense of the borosilicate glass blended with the liquids contained in the cavities.”

Laguna, from the Latin ‘lacuna’ (empty space), “evokes a place/container which houses a balance both delicate and mutable.”